English
incubative
From incubate + -ive.
Formed from incubate + -ive
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-
…
Proto-Italic *kubāō ‘to lie down’
Proto-Italic *enkubāō ‘to lie in’
Latin incubō ‘to hatch’
Latin incubātus
English incubate
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to incubation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / incubative